Dear EFS Students,

It has been my real pleasure to teach you this semester in these unusual situations. I have enjoyed every moment spent in this lovely class being aware that students are keen to learn new things.

It has been very challenging, but we have come to the end of the course and I hope you will benefit from it.

I must say I was very fortunate to have very dedicated and hard-working students which have made my life much easier. I am also grateful for your assistance in times when needed.

Everyone has their future goals and I just wish you to achieve them.

Best of luck to everyone and I will miss you, for sure.

Week 18

 

Learn English with Songs

• Warm up
• Listening
• Practice tasks

Model Essay Practice

• Choose Band 5 or 6
• Choose an essay 
• Follow the instructions

A For and Against Essay

• The Reality Show
• Preparation
• Complete tasks

Internet - good or bad? Essay

• Preparation
• Complete tasks

An Opinion Essay

• Preparation
• Complete tasks

TEXT TYPE: News Articles

  Current concerns are usually, immediately covered by the press and it will mean you become familiar with some of the local and macro environment. 

The Conversation, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian are the popular Australian newspapers where you can find stories and reports about these issues.
Enjoy your reading! 

WEEK  15 TASK: 

• Choose a newspaper article/report from the newspapers online and complete the activity 
• Embed the newspaper article link in your blog 
• Complete the Newspaper Article Activity (click on the link on the right or a handout will be given to you)

Smartphones Ban

• Listen to the news article
• Complete the activities

WEEK 11 - 14 INFORMATION TEXTS

An information text is a piece of non-fiction writing which gives information about a particular thing (for example: Cleopatra, Ancient Egypt, recycling or volcanoes). Information texts are sometimes called non-chronological reports, because they are giving information about something without mentioning the order in which it happened.

TASK 1 - Watch the videos

• Information texts
• What is a report?

TASK 2 - Report - BBC - Complete the tasks

• Preparation
• True / False questions
• matching - useful language

TASK 3 - Report - School Trip - Complete the tasks

• Preparation
• Gap fill
• Multiple Choice

TASK 4 - Reading a Graph

Complete the Quiz

TASK 5 - Graphs and Prepositions

Complete the Quiz

TASK 6 - Connecting sentences

Watch the video

Connecting compound sentences

Creating complex sentences

TASK 7 - Hi-tech car key - peace of mind for parents

Complete the tasks

• Preparation
• True / False
• Ordering
• Gap fill - collocations
• Multiple choice

TASK 8 - Bar Graphs - Reading and Writing

• Preparation
• Complete tasks

TASK 9 - Describing bar graphs and charts

• Preparation
• Complete the tasks

WEEK 7 - Text Type ENCYCLOPAEDIAS

 TEXT TYPE - ENCYCLOPAEDIAS (online)

Encyclopaedias, both online and in hard copy, are information texts. You can refer to an encyclopaedia for general background material on a topic.

The information in the printed encyclopaedia is reliable and based on proven information available at the time of publication. The entries are written by experts in their fields.

Encyclopedias are divided into articles or entries that are often arranged alphabetically by article name and sometimes by thematic categories. Encyclopedia entries are longer and more detailed than those in most dictionaries.

There are many encyclopaedias available online. Some of these are free, and anyone can add entries to the encyclopaedia. Wikipedia is an example of an online encyclopaedia. The information in these encyclopaedias may not be accurate, as in many of these the facts are not checked before they are published.

TASK A: ENCYCLOPAEDIA ENTRY

• Encyclopaedia Quiz - complete

      Encyclopaedia Quiz

• HIV Breakthrough - Cloze Passage (complete)

TASK B: Reading an encyclopaedia entry

• Encyclopaedia Entry High Blood Pressure - read
• Encyclopaedia Entry High Blood Pressure Tasks - complete

TASK C: GRAMMAR - Modal Verbs

• Read the explanation 
• Complete the tests

TASK D: - Better Health Channel Project

• Choose an entry
• Note taking
• Write a brief summary 

WEEK 6

 Interactive Biographies

Hedy Lamarr BIOGRAPHY

• Read the short biography
• Put the events in order
• Answer the TRUE/FALSE questions

Stephen Hawking

• Read the biography
• Put the verbs in the correct tense
• Match the words
• Answer TRUE/FALSE questions

WEEK 4 and 5

Click on BIO Slide Share